Tenure Track Faculty Positions

Emerging Powers

The School of International Service invites applications/nominations for one tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall (August) 2014. The position is in the field of emerging or rising powers. Responsibilities include teaching and research supervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels, mentoring students, university service, and participating in SIS and University governance. Qualifications: PhD or highest equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and record of teaching and research excellence. We seek highly productive scholar-teachers whose work is theoretically grounded, empirically tested, and policy relevant. The ideal candidate will share the School’s commitments to academic excellence, diversity, and service. The School of International Service is ranked by its peers as a top ten international relations program at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and consists of more than 100 full-time faculty working across multiple disciplines.

We seek candidates working on emerging powers, including China, India, Turkey or Indonesia, or in the larger context of BRIICS countries.

Interested candidates should send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of teaching effectiveness, copies of relevant publications, and a graduate school transcript.

Consideration of applications will commence on October 1, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled.

American University is a tobacco and smoke free campus.American University is an EEO/AA institution committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body.Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.